Conn. teen threatens mass shooting at college

Amanda Bowden, 19, was charged on Feb. 20, 2013 after she allegedly made false threats to carry out a mass shooting and bombing at Gateway Community College in New Haven, Conn. Federal authorities said she intended "to carry out a suicidal mass murder at a community college" in a similar style to the December 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. Bowden told investigators she was not actually planning any shooting or bombing, but authorities said her text messages with an undercover agent and a supporting witness accurately described how to construct a homemade napalm bomb.

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Amanda Bowden stands with her public defender as she is arraigned at Superior Court in Milford, Conn. on Feb. 20, 2013, on unrelated warrant charges involving a domestic dispute. The FBI then took Bowden to Federal Court in Bridgeport where she was charged for threatening to commit a suicide bombing and mass shooting at Gateway Community College in New Haven.

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Amanda Bowden is seen in an undated personal photo.

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Amanda Bowden is seen in an undated personal photo.

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Screenshot of Amanda Bowden's profile on Facebook, according to CBS affiliate WFSB.